# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=613&period=all&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 614 --- ## [Why don't people understand that all shampoo is just scented detergent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-understand-that-all-shampoo-is-just-scented-detergent/462645)
**Author:** [@Broken\_Hoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Hoe)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-understand-that-all-shampoo-is-just-scented-detergent/462645 "2008-09-10T17:25:07Z")
It’s all the same stuff…liquid detergent. The only differences are scents and whatever herbal crap they add to make people think their product is superior. But the fact is, all shampoo is pretty much equal. We buy it by… --- ## [Films whose first 15 minutes are utterly magnificent.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-first-15-minutes-are-utterly-magnificent/753258)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-whose-first-15-minutes-are-utterly-magnificent/753258 "2016-08-27T19:02:50Z")
Dances With Wolves. I love the rest of the film, but man that first 15 minutes. The John Barry score…everything. Fantastic. --- ## [OP Ideas for the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774 "2010-10-18T05:38:06Z")
No one has started one for today, so here I go. Except I don’t have any ideas - it’s early and I just dragged out of bed… So, here’s your chance to help out the MMP - suggest ideas for future starts - then maybe we’ll … --- ## [Why don't we eat more goat meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-eat-more-goat-meat/653102)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-eat-more-goat-meat/653102 "2013-03-18T21:53:32Z")
Here in the US we seem to be focused on Beef, Pork, Chicken, and to a certain extent Lamb, for our meat protein choices. I learned recently that Goat is fairly common in Latin American cuisine, and is also seen in south… --- ## [Catcopter (not for the faint of heart)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046)
**Author:** [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catcopter-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/624046 "2012-07-13T20:32:35Z")
Taxidermied cat with propellers. Really. --- ## [Single guy taking a dance class... Weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-guy-taking-a-dance-class-weird/320283)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-guy-taking-a-dance-class-weird/320283 "2005-10-16T14:01:26Z")
My last SO and I had intended to start taking dance lessons. Specifically tango. That relationship is over but I’d still like to try to take a few dance classes. So is it even possible for a single guy to take a dance … --- ## [Why didn't trench warfare get used/work in WW II?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-trench-warfare-get-used-work-in-ww-ii/74925)
**Author:** [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-trench-warfare-get-used-work-in-ww-ii/74925 "2001-08-13T15:28:04Z")
The answer I’ve usually read is that the mechanization of war (tanks, jeeps, etc.) made trenches ineffective. Why is this so? Can’t see why a big ole’ ditch wouldn’t be able to stop a tank from moving forward. Sua --- ## [Does male poop smell different from female poop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-male-poop-smell-different-from-female-poop/660363)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2013, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-male-poop-smell-different-from-female-poop/660363 "2013-06-10T06:49:26Z")
Can humans tell? Can dogs? --- ## [What's the deal with Pi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-pi/556330)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-pi/556330 "2010-10-11T22:53:32Z")
I could probably look this up on my own but that might involve some actual work. So I’d rather ask here what’s the deal with Pi? It never ends? How is it different from random numbers? Does it explain infinity? --- ## [Self-righteous pricks of the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441)
**Author:** [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-righteous-pricks-of-the-sdmb/540441 "2010-06-06T21:06:14Z")
So, in your opinion, who are they? I nominate: Myself - At times, yes, I have been, and, unfortunately (despite my best efforts), will probably continue to be a self-righteous gasbag from time to time. lissener - Base… --- ## [Should the US bomb Agrabah?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-bomb-agrabah/740818)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-bomb-agrabah/740818 "2015-12-28T17:21:17Z")
30% of Republican voters think so, while 45% of Trumps supporters do. It’s in Aladdin. No news yet on how many GOP candidates want to carpet bomb it. This isn’t Trump, this is a chunk of the US electorate. Do people i… --- ## [Behavior of armies to conquered civilian female populations in WWII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behavior-of-armies-to-conquered-civilian-female-populations-in-wwii/659581)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/behavior-of-armies-to-conquered-civilian-female-populations-in-wwii/659581 "2013-06-02T18:30:49Z")
The mayor of Osaka, Japan, a prominent politician named Hashimoto, recently made a statement (from which he has backed down somewhat) that the institution of “comfort women” (institutionalized brothels for the military, … --- ## [Subtle inaccuracies in depictions of your city/region in fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-inaccuracies-in-depictions-of-your-city-region-in-fiction/930508)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-inaccuracies-in-depictions-of-your-city-region-in-fiction/930508 "2021-02-07T03:58:21Z")
Before my move to Europe a few years ago, I spent more than twenty-five years living in Seattle. It wasn’t a terribly common setting for movies and TV shows, but it popped up every now and then, with a trendy burst betw… --- ## [Worst concept for a TV special or series ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-concept-for-a-tv-special-or-series-ever/566011)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-concept-for-a-tv-special-or-series-ever/566011 "2011-01-13T04:42:42Z")
The Discovery Channel has decided to… cancel?.. delay? a program “re-enacting” Michael Jackson’s autopsy. Story here. This was apparently not to be part of a larger concept about his death, or celebrity drug abuse – t… --- ## [Is spelling considered grammar? What about punctuation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-spelling-considered-grammar-what-about-punctuation/647667)
**Author:** [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-spelling-considered-grammar-what-about-punctuation/647667 "2013-01-19T07:08:18Z")
I got in a dispute with a Facebook friend. She posted a picture that read\* “Grammar: The difference between feeling your nuts feeling you’re nuts”. I commented back snarkily, “that’s not grammar, it’s spelling”. Now, I… --- ## [Daniel Ellsberg was a hero. How is Julian Assange not a hero?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-ellsberg-was-a-hero-how-is-julian-assange-not-a-hero/562282)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-ellsberg-was-a-hero-how-is-julian-assange-not-a-hero/562282 "2012-08-22T14:02:42Z")
Really, what of importance distinguishes this Wikileaks business from the Pentagon Papers case? --- ## [Don't wear your uniform to the fucking bar!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-wear-your-uniform-to-the-fucking-bar/364752)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-wear-your-uniform-to-the-fucking-bar/364752 "2006-09-22T14:49:40Z")
Yeah, you, guy in BDUs who spent all of Friday night hanging out right at the bar so that everyone could see you. The other women I was there with both flirted with you, and the guys I was there with both bought you a dr… --- ## [Soccer ... \*YAWN\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-yawn/816505)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-yawn/816505 "2018-07-13T17:40:06Z")
Does anyone besides me find soccer to be boring as hell? Yesterday’s World Cup results: Portugal 1, Morocco 0 Uraguay 1, Saudi Arabia 0 Spain 1, Iran 0 Up the field and down the field and up the field and down the f… --- ## [The Most Worthless Home Repair Folks Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-worthless-home-repair-folks-ever/462018)
**Author:** [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-worthless-home-repair-folks-ever/462018 "2011-11-14T06:33:35Z")
I’m going to post a couple of tales. Feel free to add your own. ~ Exhibit 1 is a male, about age 40, very heavyset and mustachioed, looking pretty much like a “contractor” ought to look. For the purpose of this story, … --- ## [Rick Santorum Has Never Read the Bible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-santorum-has-never-read-the-bible/304954)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-santorum-has-never-read-the-bible/304954 "2005-05-29T12:38:11Z")
Although disagree with Sen. Sentorum on just about everything (in this latest interview, he affirms that gay marriage does indeed threaten his own marriage: “Yes, absolutely. It threatens my marriage. It threatens all m… --- ## [Pitting all you Reagan bashers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-all-you-reagan-bashers/248970)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-all-you-reagan-bashers/248970 "2004-06-13T23:11:48Z")
You guys really piss me off. I guess most of you just don’t remember what it was like back in the seventies and 1980. EVERYTHING WAS TURNING TO SHIT!! It was like Nero fiddling while Rome was slowly burning. America and… --- ## [Why don't we digest seeds very well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-digest-seeds-very-well/348029)
**Author:** [@johnnykyriazis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnnykyriazis)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-digest-seeds-very-well/348029 "2006-03-14T05:35:53Z")
Why do capsicum (red, gree, and yellow peppers), corn and sesame seeds never seem to digest? --- ## [Speak to me only in The Big Bang Theory quotes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-the-big-bang-theory-quotes/632608)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-the-big-bang-theory-quotes/632608 "2012-10-23T21:06:08Z")
That is not a good name. --- ## [Weird Jar problem. Lid turns but button doesn't pop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-jar-problem-lid-turns-but-button-doesnt-pop/823405)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-jar-problem-lid-turns-but-button-doesnt-pop/823405 "2020-06-05T19:57:38Z")
Google is no help. All hits are about dealing with a lid that’s too tight. The lid will turn in either direction without getting any looser or tighter, and the button doesn’t pop up. Are there any tricks to get it open w… --- ## [What is the goal when people grossly mislead regarding their appearance in dating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-goal-when-people-grossly-mislead-regarding-their-appearance-in-dating/739684)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-goal-when-people-grossly-mislead-regarding-their-appearance-in-dating/739684 "2015-12-10T19:40:00Z")
Talking with a friend tonight about this phenomenon after another friend discovered the pictures a guy was sending her were actually of some internationally known model. Back in the day, pre-internet, when I was meeting… --- ## [The Magical Negro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magical-negro/553830)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magical-negro/553830 "2010-09-18T17:05:35Z")
Thought-provoking essay in Salon. Does “God” in Bruce Almighty count? --- ## [I pit homicidal killers who also lie about their blood sugar levels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-homicidal-killers-who-also-lie-about-their-blood-sugar-levels/353667)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-homicidal-killers-who-also-lie-about-their-blood-sugar-levels/353667 "2006-05-07T22:36:42Z")
The title pretty much says it all. First he commits homicide, then he lies to me and my staff every day about his glucometer readings. Says its 103 when it’s 303, 158 when it’s 258, 97 when it’s 297, and so forth. So … --- ## [Is the average time for sex really this short?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-average-time-for-sex-really-this-short/689889)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-average-time-for-sex-really-this-short/689889 "2014-06-05T16:05:13Z")
I just read an article in Esquire magazine that said the average time for actual intercourse is only 3 - 7 minutes with premature ejaculating men clocking in at at minute or so. Is that right? If it is true, no wonder so… --- ## [Who are Native Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-native-americans/549918)
**Author:** [@Bernieyeball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernieyeball)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-native-americans/549918 "2010-08-20T11:11:38Z")
I always get grief when I pose this question but I think it is a reasonable inquiry. I suspect the humans who inhabited this continent before the arrival of Europeans did not call it North America or America. How can t… --- ## [She-Hulk is the biggest load of sexist crap!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-is-the-biggest-load-of-sexist-crap/719889)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-is-the-biggest-load-of-sexist-crap/719889 "2015-05-16T23:39:37Z")
Bruce Banner human male turns into the Hulk, an enormous hulking human shaped monster with green skin. Jennifer Walters human female turns into She-Hulk, a hot chick with green skin. :dubious: I’m sure this has nothin… --- ## [Your shortest ever commercial flight? Smallest commercial airplane you've ridden in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-shortest-ever-commercial-flight-smallest-commercial-airplane-youve-ridden-in/706912)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-shortest-ever-commercial-flight-smallest-commercial-airplane-youve-ridden-in/706912 "2014-12-15T22:37:33Z")
My shortest flight was from Peoria, Illinois to Moline, IL, in the 1980s. It was actually one leg of a flight that continued on to Denver, IIRC. It had a straight-line distance of about 70 miles. I think they said the… --- ## [(Ken Burns) Country Music Documentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-burns-country-music-documentary/840317)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-burns-country-music-documentary/840317 "2019-10-15T19:06:17Z")
I’m a big fan of Burns documentaries and enjoyed the first episode of his latest opus on Country Music which aired last night. I’m no expert on the topic and did not know about how seed and insurance companies created p… --- ## [Lost Utah Kid Was an Idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-utah-kid-was-an-idiot/309435)
**Author:** [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-utah-kid-was-an-idiot/309435 "2005-07-01T03:48:53Z")
“He had two thoughts going through his head all the time,” she said. “Toby’s always told him that ‘If you get lost, stay on the trail.’ So he stayed on the trail. We’ve also told him don’t talk to strangers … when an ATV… --- ## [FOX as a Source?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-as-a-source/651998)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-as-a-source/651998 "2013-04-15T01:46:25Z")
A professor of journalism at West Liberty University recently banned her students from using FOX News as a source because it’s “biased;” she wrote that it “makes her cringe” and she’d “almost rather you print off an arti… --- ## [Bestiality: Always wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestiality-always-wrong/545597)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestiality-always-wrong/545597 "2010-07-15T16:59:29Z")
Right. First off, bestiality is gross. Really gross. God dammit they don’t even have boobs! But, I saw a documentary a few years back on More Four, about bestiality, which featured an elderly farmer who has sex with … --- ## [Would It Bother You If Nobody Attends Your Funeral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-nobody-attends-your-funeral/598919)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-nobody-attends-your-funeral/598919 "2011-10-12T21:43:36Z")
Just curious. My question comes about becuase an old friend of mine died recently-he had no immediate family-just a second cousin or two. I hadn’t seen the guy in years, and I was unable to visit-I guess the wake was pr… --- ## [Why is the Joker so dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-joker-so-dangerous/547307)
**Author:** [@Animastryfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Animastryfe)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-joker-so-dangerous/547307 "2010-08-02T04:14:10Z")
I have never read a Batman comic. Everything I know about the Joker I know from the Dark Knight, TVtropes, some parts of wikipedia, and popular culture. I wish to be educated on what makes him so dangerous in the comics.… --- ## [What Are Ball-Peen Hammers Used For?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-ball-peen-hammers-used-for/165474)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-ball-peen-hammers-used-for/165474 "2003-04-02T18:10:54Z")
What do you use the spherical end of a ball-peen hammer for? I don’t think I’ve ever seen that side of the hammer put to use. Thanks. --- ## [Baseball Thread May 2008](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-thread-may-2008/447618)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-thread-may-2008/447618 "2008-06-01T13:19:55Z")
Same as last time: This is it the general-purpose place to celebrate, gloat, bitch or moan about your team or any team. Personally I am not happy with the way the Yanks have been playing and all of our injuries. Jim --- ## [Racism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism/537119)
**Author:** [@Pduol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pduol)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism/537119 "2010-04-28T00:22:56Z")
I got into a discussion with an employee of mine earlier today about racism that I though might make for an interesting discussion here. While we both agree that racism in the US today is less than it has been in the pa… --- ## [Ghost World, did you find the relationship between Enid and Seymour creepy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-world-did-you-find-the-relationship-between-enid-and-seymour-creepy/690970)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-world-did-you-find-the-relationship-between-enid-and-seymour-creepy/690970 "2019-11-03T02:01:36Z")
I think this is one of the the few movies to depict a relationship that would probably get one member arrested and tried where it never struck me as creepy. A high school girl and a forty something guy go into a sex sho… --- ## [Edward the VIII - Abdication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-the-viii-abdication/693520)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-the-viii-abdication/693520 "2018-08-13T21:07:49Z")
Was this the best thing that could have happened for the UK? From my take of it, I don’t think he had the balls for the job. Whether or not he loved Simpson, he used her as a reason to escape the responsibility of being… --- ## [Jefferson & Hamilton: Who's the Conservative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jefferson-hamilton-whos-the-conservative/628510)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jefferson-hamilton-whos-the-conservative/628510 "2012-07-24T18:04:30Z")
I’ve always thought of Jefferson as America’s founding conservative. Of course, the meanings of words like “liberal” and “conservative” are ever-shifting, but I do see a tradition of states’ rights, skeptical-of-empowere… --- ## [FDA and Raw milk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-and-raw-milk/765944)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-and-raw-milk/765944 "2017-03-16T12:14:46Z")
It seems crazy to me that in a country where I can buy a beer, a gun, tobacco, and countless useless food supplements that the FDA feels that the line in the sand that cannot be crossed is drinking raw milk. Raw milk ha… --- ## [How can I cancel HBO and still watch GoT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-cancel-hbo-and-still-watch-got/646263)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-cancel-hbo-and-still-watch-got/646263 "2013-01-09T00:52:22Z")
It occurred to me recently that I’m paying through the nose to get HBO and Showtime (on my Comcast cable subscription), and I virtually never watch anything there…except Game of Thrones. So what are my alternatives? I … --- ## [What does the C.K stand for in "C. K. Dexter Haven"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2005, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-c-k-stand-for-in-c-k-dexter-haven/284612 "2005-01-27T07:26:59Z")
Just curious. --- ## [(Old) Heading to the land of penguins in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-heading-to-the-land-of-penguins-in-the-mmp/996115)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 390\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-heading-to-the-land-of-penguins-in-the-mmp/996115 "2024-01-23T06:05:32Z")
Well, this is it - the week my spousal unit and I will head to Chile to catch the ship that will take us to Antarctica. OK, not exactly to but really, really close - we’ll cruise around the peninsula. Anyway, I need to … --- ## [Captain Marvel "Seen It" Spoiler Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-seen-it-spoiler-thread/830952)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-seen-it-spoiler-thread/830952 "2019-04-24T22:19:06Z")
I don’t have much immediately to add from the other thread but now we don’t need spoiler tags. Spoil away! --- ## [Are the aliens really humans of the future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-aliens-really-humans-of-the-future/538280)
**Author:** [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-aliens-really-humans-of-the-future/538280 "2010-05-06T15:52:24Z")
See how far technology has come so quickly? Just 20 years ago, there were very few homes with a computer. Now most of us have internet access built into our cell phones. We are very dependent on technology and hardly … --- ## [Is the term 'Boomer' just ordinary ageism now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-boomer-just-ordinary-ageism-now/938697)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-boomer-just-ordinary-ageism-now/938697 "2021-08-10T18:18:59Z")
Disclosure: I’m not technically a Baby Boomer, but Gen Xers tend to get lumped in (actually that might be part of the issue). I fully understand the term ‘OK Boomer’ started as a throwaway joke, and quickly became a mem… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=612&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=614&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)